Meja Thermal Power Station

{{Short description|Planned thermal power plant in Uttar Pradesh, India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}

[[File:The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy, Shri Piyush Goyal visiting the Meja Thermal Power Project (MUNPL-2x660 MW), at Allahabad, in Uttar Pradesh (1).jpg|thumb|The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy, Shri Piyush Goyal visiting the Meja Thermal Power Project, 2016]] '''Meja Thermal Power Station''' is an upcoming coal-based thermal power plant located in [[Meja Tehsil]] in [[Prayagraj district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Meja_Thermal_Power_Project|title=Meja Thermal Power Project |website=Sourcewatch.org|accessdate=26 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Farmers-police-clash-at-Meja-thermal-power-plant/articleshow/31579062.cms|title=Farmers, police clash at Meja thermal power plant |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=26 June 2019}}</ref> The power plant is owned by the Meja Urja Nigam Private Limited (MUNPL), a joint venture between [[NTPC Limited]] and [[Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam]]. The planned capacity of the power plant is 1320 MW (2×660 MW).

==Capacity== The planned capacity of the power plant is 1320 MW (2×660 MW).

{| class="sortable wikitable" ! Stage !! Unit number !! power ([[Watt#Megawatt|MW]]) !! Date of commissioning !! Status |- | 1st || 1 || 660 || April 2018 || Commissioned<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/ntpc-commissions-660mw-unit-of-meja-project-in-up-118040200673_1.html|title=NTPC commissions 660MW unit of Meja project in UP|date=2 April 2018|accessdate=26 June 2019|newspaper=[[Business Standard]]}}</ref> |- | 1st || 2 || 660 ||January 2021 | Unit commissioned and in service wef 31.01.2022. |- |}

==Future expansion== The state government decided in July 2014 to add two more units of 660 MW to the power plant as part of the second stage of the project. Work is yet to start.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://statesofindia.cmie.com/kommon/bin/sr.php?kall=wshreport&nvdt=20140725125012556&nvpc=040000000000&nvtype=INSIGHTS|title=States of India|website=[[Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy]]|accessdate=26 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/akhilesh-cabinet-okays-3-thermal-power-units-totalling-1-980-mw-114072200598_1.html|title=Akhilesh cabinet okays 3 thermal power units totalling 1,980 mw|first=Virendra Singh|last=Rawat|date=22 July 2014|accessdate=26 June 2019|newspaper=[[Business Standard]]}}</ref> {{Portal|India|Energy}}

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[[Category:Coal-fired power stations in Uttar Pradesh]] [[Category:Prayagraj district]] [[Category:2018 establishments in Uttar Pradesh]] [[Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 2018]]